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Neil deGrasse Tyson says Trump's Space Force could be a 'fatal mistake' if done wrong
Yahoo News ^ | Oct. 13, 2018 | Adriana Belmonte

Posted on 10/13/2018 5:49:47 PM PDT by Innovative

President Trump raised eyebrows earlier this year when he announced plans to create a “Space Force,” which would become the sixth branch of the military.

Vice President Mike Pence later announced in a speech that the branch was needed in order for the US to maintain military dominance in space. The proposed Space Force is estimated to cost $13 billion in its first five years.

And despite some snickers among political observers, renowned astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson doesn’t think the Space Force is that crazy of an idea. But Tyson, one of the authors of “Accessory to War: The Unspoken Alliance Between Astrophysics and the Military,” has a note of caution.

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The US needs to lead in space, the new frontier.
1 posted on 10/13/2018 5:49:47 PM PDT by Innovative
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Trump should put Tyson in charge. /s


2 posted on 10/13/2018 5:52:07 PM PDT by tennmountainman ("Trust Sessions" Yeah Right)
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Tyson might work well as someone to look for ways to make Muslims feel better about themselves.

I think he missed the administration for which he was suited.


3 posted on 10/13/2018 5:54:44 PM PDT by MrEdd (Caveat Emptor)
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To: Innovative

I’m Doing My Part !


4 posted on 10/13/2018 5:55:10 PM PDT by onona (It is often wise to allow a person a graceful path.)
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What a pantload. This guy is supposed to be an expert?? This story shows that he knows nothing at all about why we need a Space Force.

He goes on about manned exploration--and nothing at all about the actual threats to our space-enabled warfighting and commerce.

5 posted on 10/13/2018 5:56:25 PM PDT by Lysandru
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To: Innovative

This guy never impresses me as all that smart. Most of what he says is just dumb.


6 posted on 10/13/2018 5:59:20 PM PDT by ClearCase_guy (The MSM is in the business of creating a fake version of reality for political reasons.)
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ANYBODY’S “Space Force” would be a “fatal mistake if done wrong.”

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tjo0dWtPa2c

Tyson is a jerk.


7 posted on 10/13/2018 6:00:24 PM PDT by left that other site (For America to have CONFIDENCE in our future, we must have PRIDE in our HISTORY... DJT)
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Oh. Well. Then. Since this pseudo-science, pseudo-intellectual propagandist, who hates this President, is bad-mouthing a program this President has put forth, I guess we might as well just give up.

Actually, neill should go smoke some more of de Grasse.

What a slobbering toad.


8 posted on 10/13/2018 6:06:01 PM PDT by Migraine (<)
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To: Innovative

According to Wikipedia he never spent a day in uniform.


9 posted on 10/13/2018 6:06:11 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet (You cannot invade the mainland US. There'd be a rifle behind every blade of grass.)
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Tyson should stay put of politics - and theology.

He is a real libtard AND an Atheist.


10 posted on 10/13/2018 6:06:29 PM PDT by ZULU (MAGA)
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11 posted on 10/13/2018 6:06:43 PM PDT by gaijin
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To: Innovative
Neil deGrasse Tyson


12 posted on 10/13/2018 6:08:10 PM PDT by gaijin
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I am afraid I am a bit confused. How would you do the Space Force ‘wrong?’ And how would this be a ‘fatal mistake?’ Compared to not setting up a Space Force at all.


13 posted on 10/13/2018 6:09:49 PM PDT by VietVet
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I don’t know. I think I saw him in a uniform outside a movie theater years ago tak ok taking tickets.


14 posted on 10/13/2018 6:14:24 PM PDT by ZULU (MAGA)
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To: Innovative

Didn’t Neil rape a teenage girl?


15 posted on 10/13/2018 6:18:03 PM PDT by Eddie01
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The Space Force has essentially been around since the 90’s. Now just making it formal.


16 posted on 10/13/2018 6:18:56 PM PDT by StolarStorm
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Affirmative Action Force


17 posted on 10/13/2018 6:24:18 PM PDT by montag813
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Didn’t Neil rape a teenage girl?

Yes. but he's a liberal Democrat, so she doesn't get "believed."

18 posted on 10/13/2018 6:25:37 PM PDT by montag813
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Come to think of it, a lot of things could be a fatal mistake if done wrong. Hold my beer . . . .


19 posted on 10/13/2018 6:36:33 PM PDT by Fester Chugabrew (Lock. Her. Up.)
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To: onona

20 posted on 10/13/2018 6:37:18 PM PDT by EEGator
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